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Cewe has improved its photofinishing workflow in Oldenburg by integrating ISAG’s automated FastCut & Pack systems. Led by Production Head Anna Nordhausen and Operational Excellence Manager Imke Banemann, the project focused on making the final steps—from exposed photo roll to mailing bag—more efficient and reliable, especially during peak seasons.

The FastCut & Pack cuts, smooths, stacks, packages and labels photos fully automatically, processing up to 

. The system supports multiple formats, paper types and modular configurations, and connects seamlessly to Cewe’s data workflow for precise job allocation.

Two systems were installed in 2024 and 2025. The next goal is to operate both with just one person. The new setup already delivers high stability: if anything is misaligned, the machine stops instantly to prevent sorting errors.

The last (production) meters

Optimizing the process from start to finish

CEWE - fastCut & Pack

Even in the age of digital photos, the desire for “photo prints” has by no means died out. Nobody knows this better than Cewe. Cewe photo stations are present in 20,000 branches at retail partners in 21 European countries. However, the majority of photo orders will still be received online at the company's headquarters in Oldenburg in 2025. Here, the machines from Imaging Solutions AG ensure that the exposed photos are transferred from the roll into mailing envelopes over the final, crucial meters.

Photo print production at Cewe: ISAG ensures efficient cutting/packaging processes

High-Speed Print Cutting and Packing

Cewe

fastCut & Pack

fastCut & Pack is the complete solution for the industrial high-volume photo print cutting with fully automatic envelope packaging.


From roll to envelope in just one workstep. This includes cutting from roll, stacking and packing in envelope, closing the envelope, printing an individual identification label and attaching the label, stacking the finished envelope.

All processing steps from unwinding to stacking the bags are carried out precisely, fully automatic and in the smallest possible space.

fastCut & Pack handles photo paper as well as digital press paper.

The fastCut & Pack system is modular and grows with your needs. So its possible to choose between single and four-fold unwinders. The four-fold unwinder includes an automatic splicing station. When one roll is empty, the next roll is automatically brought into position, the paper is spliced and the cutting process continues.
 
Its also possible to add an additional envelope magazine and thus double the capacity of the standard two-fold envelope feeder.

The performance of fastCut & Pack is ca. 566 envelopes per hour (50 prints per order) or 361 envelopes per hour (80 prints per order).
Up to 80 prints can be packed in one envelope, larger orders are split and distributed over several envelopes.



Your Key Benefits

fastCut with conveyor

The core of fastCut & Pack, the cutting module, is available as the stand-alone solution fastCut.
The standard version of fastCut includes unwinder, decurler and a packing desk. It can be upgraded with a conveyor belt with 7 order compartments. The 4-fold unwinder can also be attached.
The cut and print specifications correspond to those of fastCut & Pack. 





Photo print production at Cewe: ISAG ensures efficient cutting/packaging processes

The last (production) meters

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